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The Bubble Gum Belladone Vegas Dress

At the beginning of April I found myself between jobs by choice (I suppose I was technically unemployed.) I had over 4 weeks of outstanding vacation days at my old job so I decided that I could "afford" to sit around and do nothing for a week and a half before I started my new job. My husband and I entertained the idea of road tripping up the coast to the Bay Area and hitting up Hearst Castle and Carmel on the way, but the dates didn't really work out well with his schedule. And besides, I was secretly hoping to sew ALL WEEK LONG!!! The idea just sounded so heavenly! So instead of an awesome road trip we decided to spend a couple days in Vegas, which still left me with about a week of free time to do as I pleased. I spent most of the days working out in the mornings, grabbing lunch at a new spot, and sewing. I primarily worked on the Deer and Doe Pavot Jacket, which took way longer than it should have only because I decided to finish the seams with handmade bias tape (...

{Finished} Sleeveless Emery Dress

Oh man, that Emery Dress pattern by Christine Haynes .....it has become a TNT pattern! I finished two dresses recently; I'm sharing one today and I'll share another one later this week. I've had my eye on making another Emery Dress soon after I tested the pattern ...way back in August 2013. However, I was a bit lost on how to reduce the slight gaping along the back neckline. It wasn't *that* noticeable, but the neckline would not sit flat when I wore it and I could not for the life of me figure out why. As much as I really, really, really wanted to make another Emery Dress, I did not want to make one until I could figure out how to make sure the neckline would lay flat.Would I have to do some crazy pattern hack to reduce the length of the back neckline? Did I need to lengthen the neckline darts or add new darts somewhere else? Well, I finally figured out what I had to do! I tried on my muslin (which I made back in October or November when I planned to make another...